27% of shoppers admit they've stolen an item from the self-checkout
WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast
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🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:18.3 | So you're telling me there's a theft problem in America? |
| 0:21.8 | Well, more shoppers admit to stealing from the self-checkout. |
| 0:25.4 | That's crazy. |
| 0:26.6 | 27% of shoppers admit they've intentionally stolen an item at self-checkout. |
| 0:31.3 | Oh, wow. |
| 0:31.8 | That is a 12% increase from the same exact survey that was done two years ago. |
| 0:36.6 | Oh, wow. |
| 0:57.0 | What do you think they're stealing? Well, how much is... well, that's what saying, like how much is really available in the self-checkout? I mean, you got what candy bars, right? Or gum? Well, it's items that are in their shopping cart. Oh, I see what you're saying. They're not saying they piled for something out of the self-checkout. They're saying, they're saying, they're not scanning. You didn't scan something. |
| 0:55.4 | Now I am hyper- self-checkout. They're saying, they're not scanning. |
| 0:57.0 | You didn't scan something. |
| 1:13.9 | Now, I am hyper paranoid about this. Like, because I... Is it because of the big camera right in front of you with your face on it? It's just like anybody could actually... When you're doing all this stuff yourself and you're moving to da-da-da-da. I'm sure it totally accidentally happens all the time where somebody's trying to put things in or I think I scanned something or didn't register. |
| 1:14.7 | Like there's no malicious intent whatsoever. But I'm always hyper paranoid. Like I check every item because that's |
| 1:19.5 | the last thing I need. Like I didn't scan something properly. Rob Kendall |
| 1:23.7 | goes down. Detain for stealing something from the Walmart. |
| 1:27.6 | So I'm always just very, |
| 1:29.5 | very paranoid. |
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